Identifier: manualofeverythi18pete_0 (find matches)
Title: Manual of everything for the garden : 1894
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Plants, Ornamental Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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lood crimson curiously edged with light green. Per packet,25 cts. Giant Aurora. (See No. 35 on colored plate opposite.) Thehandsomest of all Petunias, a particularly lovely shade of rosypink, with a distinct red band around the deep, exquisitelypenciled white throat; the flowers are of immense size and perfectshape. Per packet, 25 cts. Giant Snowstorm. (See No. 36 on colored plate opposite.)Extra large flowers, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, of splendidsubstance; purest glistening white with ruffled or fringed edges ;deep yellow throat. Per packet, 25 cts.The collection, one pkt. each of the seven varieties, free by mail, for $1.50. Giants of California. Mixed varieties, including many exquisitesorts, per packet, 25 cts. m copibpti OFFER of the Flowers shown on the four preceding colored plates,one packet each of 16 Sweet Peas, 6 Nasturtiums, 1 Pansy, 6pies and 7 Petunias—36 packets in all—free by mail, * FOB $3.00. 64 PETE$ HE^DE^SO^i <Sfc CO., flEW YOHK.—F^OWE^ SEED fiOVEHTIES.
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HEW GIRflTWHITE C01VIET flSTEH. It would seem as if the highest pos-sible perfection had been attained inthis truly grand variety ; the flowers areof immense size, often six inches across,and composed of long, wavy petal?gracefully arranged, relieving the flowerfrom the usual stiffness and formalityso characteristic of the Aster family.This new variety differs from the well-known Comets, not only on account ofits large size but because the petals arelonger and broader, giving an entirelydifferent appearance; besides, the centreis formed of a great number of goldenhair-like petals, giving it an indescrib-able beauty; these in a few days developinto regular petals and turn white. (Seecut.) Per packet, 25c. Aster, Betteridges Quilled Sulphur Mom. Remarkably handsome variety of thisfree-blooming class. The flowers, be-ing globular, quilled and very double,show the most clearly pronouncedyellow ever known among Asters.Per packet, 25c. Ball of Fire flstef. This is the most brilliant red Ast

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